Hürkan Yakay

I was the only speaker in this event that addressed many subjects related to each other: scalable web apps, React vs. Angular 2, Relay, Redux, GraphQL, REST API, and CRUD Operations.

I started by speaking on single-page applications (SPA) and non-SPA applications. Then we investigated the advantages and disadvantages of a SPA approach and major SPA libraries/frameworks. After that, we went deep into React due to popular demand. At the end of my speech, I felt that I had helped many companies that joined the event to select the right library and tools based on their project needs and team capabilities.

I developed this idea and published it on Medium.com. While working with Redux, I saw a pattern for launching modals and dialogs in the UI. I connected a modal opening system to the Redux store, allowing me to fire models easily anywhere in the app.

GitHub link: Github.com/hurkanyakay/react-redux-modals
Project link: Hurkanyakay.com/work/reactreduxmodals

My role started with the creation of smart containers, a Redux layer, and the data connection for these containers. I was involved right from the beginning of the project.

WORK DONE:
· Bootstrapped the web app.
· Used React boilerplate and followed best practices of the React community.
· Configured Webpack for our needs.
· Customized the routing, dynamic reducer, saga injection, and connected the socket layer to Redux.
· After the structural part was completed, I started helping other developers about the UI components.

For ScoreBeyond, I worked as a front-end engineer who also collaborated with the CTO in the development and launch of new features.

WORK DONE:
· Was responsible and coded three web apps and two mobile apps (React and React Native).
· Applied best practices which made it easy to manage all of these apps.
· Set up Jenkins in an AWS instance
· Configured the CI, CD tools to speed up development, deployment, and testing process.
· Connected our GitHub and Slack accounts.
· Facilitated code sharing between web and mobile with React components.

Anketservisi.com was a service that provides survey system for businesses. Customers scan the QR code on the tables, then our responsive page welcomes them and provides a survey that was customized for businesses.

As co-founder of Anketservisi.com, my role was dealing with all of the technical aspects of the project.

WORK DONE:
· Obtained the domain.
· Set up the WordPress environment.
· Found a suitable theme and edited it.
· Designed the logo and related graphics.
· Found, implemented, and edited necessary plugins.
· Managed the database; backed-up the database and files.
· Provided language support for the website (Turkish) and integrated it with other services such as email.

Followent is a word that combines follow and event. It is an event-tracking website for students in our university (METU). There are hundreds in our community that organize many events during the semester and Followent notifies students about those events.

As co-founder of Followent, I dealt with all of the technical aspects of the project.

WORK DONE:
· Obtained the domain.
· Set up the WordPress environment.
· Found a suitable theme and edited it.
· Designed the logo and related graphics.
· Found, implemented, and edited the necessary plugins.
· Provided language support for the website (Turkish).
· Managed the database by backing-up the database and files.
· Integrated it with other services like Google Calendar and a user notification system.